Living on the beach provides so many opportunities to find beach treasures! Most beach- goers are usually looking for that pretty, unusual shell to add to their collection, but not me….I’m looking for something much harder to find. Sea glass is my favorite. It gives me a thrill to find that rare, smooth piece that everyone else passed by. Sea glass that is smooth with no rough edges has been in the water for a very long time, 10-20 years! Here on Palm Coast beaches, I have found white, green, brown, amber, aqua, blue, pink, yellow and purple. After a storm or a strong surf, I can find up to 40 pieces in a day! Shark’s teeth are much harder to find because they are so small but I have lucked out and found some really large, old ones. The prettiest thing to find, in my opinion, are perfect sand dollars, but there are so few of them so its extra special if I come across one. If on that rare day, with a brilliant blue sky overhead and a calm ocean in front of me, I don’t find anything…well then I just enjoy the beach, the best treasure of all!
The first time I visited Palm Coast, we were looking for a second home, one to escape our busy life in Orlando. We found one on the Intracoastal waterway and began visiting about once a month. After about 6 months, we decided to look for a permanent home and found one beachside. We moved over the summer with no idea of what it would be like to live so close to a beach. The first thing I realized was every morning I would be greeted to a beautiful sunrise! Starting the day with a view that took my breath away, made the stress of moving worthwhile! And then we discovered Palm Coast, a small coastal town that has kept it’s beauty intact. Walking trails, State Parks, boating and of course the beach, made living here an adventure we were ready to begin!
life on the coast 